Have your zines changed over the years? - We Make Zines2015-03-31T21:33:37Zhttp://wemakezines.ning.com/forum/topics/2288844:Topic:4913?groupUrl=over30andstillatit&commentId=2288844%3AComment%3A55239&groupId=2288844%3AGroup%3A2677&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI got into the zine game late…tag:wemakezines.ning.com,2015-03-11:2288844:Comment:4217982015-03-11T00:30:40.708ZSteven R. Cartyhttp://wemakezines.ning.com/profile/EstevaoCalavera
<p>I got into the zine game late. I'm on my second zine which has been very successful. My first zine was a bust, I tried to spearhead a compzine with some friends and distribute it for free. I don't think I will do a compzine or a free zine again. But my second try was the jackpot, I wrote a three volume zine about my lifelong search for my Native American ancestry from the NJ Pine Barrens. It was a combination of autobiography, historical research and travel writing. I think I have found my…</p>
<p>I got into the zine game late. I'm on my second zine which has been very successful. My first zine was a bust, I tried to spearhead a compzine with some friends and distribute it for free. I don't think I will do a compzine or a free zine again. But my second try was the jackpot, I wrote a three volume zine about my lifelong search for my Native American ancestry from the NJ Pine Barrens. It was a combination of autobiography, historical research and travel writing. I think I have found my niche with writing about NJ Pine Barrens related topics since it sold well locally to folks who were unfamiliar with zines. However I still see room to let my writing and layout style evolve. I plan to keep producing zines for the next 30 years, lol. So who knows what changes lay down the road for me? </p> Well I hope it has changed, I…tag:wemakezines.ning.com,2014-06-17:2288844:Comment:4015532014-06-17T13:59:48.611ZPaul de Valerahttp://wemakezines.ning.com/profile/PauldeValera
<p>Well I hope it has changed, I keep thinking the last issue is the best one yet but I'm never sure. We used to make 2000 copies on a offset printer and now we do 1000 copies in digital so you can see the pictures. I hope I can draw better after 13 years of Chicken-Head. I think the writing has gotten better for me, for my partner more sparse as he becomes a square (even if he doesn't want to admit it). I'm in my 40's now so it only stands to reason that things have changed a bit. </p>
<p>Well I hope it has changed, I keep thinking the last issue is the best one yet but I'm never sure. We used to make 2000 copies on a offset printer and now we do 1000 copies in digital so you can see the pictures. I hope I can draw better after 13 years of Chicken-Head. I think the writing has gotten better for me, for my partner more sparse as he becomes a square (even if he doesn't want to admit it). I'm in my 40's now so it only stands to reason that things have changed a bit. </p> No more angst. My earliest zi…tag:wemakezines.ning.com,2011-10-14:2288844:Comment:2893602011-10-14T01:02:23.310ZThe Yellow Rakehttp://wemakezines.ning.com/profile/TheYellowRake
No more angst. My earliest zines expressed my discontent at what adults had to do to make money and pay rent. Now that I do those things on my own terms, I'm no longer mad about it. I'm still irate about all the other injustices in the world though, so my writing about those particular subjects hasn't changed.
No more angst. My earliest zines expressed my discontent at what adults had to do to make money and pay rent. Now that I do those things on my own terms, I'm no longer mad about it. I'm still irate about all the other injustices in the world though, so my writing about those particular subjects hasn't changed. My zines evolved onalmost a p…tag:wemakezines.ning.com,2011-09-20:2288844:Comment:2852202011-09-20T00:49:23.505ZDurand J. Comptonhttp://wemakezines.ning.com/profile/DurandJCompton
My zines evolved onalmost a per issue basis. I went from half-fold to full sheet, started as a Christian music zine which morphed into a political/underground art zine and ended up as a zine that reviewed other zines. I loved the flexibility of the format and wish I'd stuck with it over the years. It may be heresy to say, but I'm interested in doing an online version of my old zine. Do people still trade zines through the mail?
My zines evolved onalmost a per issue basis. I went from half-fold to full sheet, started as a Christian music zine which morphed into a political/underground art zine and ended up as a zine that reviewed other zines. I loved the flexibility of the format and wish I'd stuck with it over the years. It may be heresy to say, but I'm interested in doing an online version of my old zine. Do people still trade zines through the mail? There needs to be more experi…tag:wemakezines.ning.com,2011-07-10:2288844:Comment:2485402011-07-10T14:04:54.767ZJoe Wallacehttp://wemakezines.ning.com/profile/JoeWallace
There needs to be more experienced voices in zines---so many people keep re-inventing the wheel, making the same mistakes when it comes to practical matters, things which are completely avoidable if there's a teeny bit of knowledge shared...what the newer people doing zines don't realize is that their work could lead to greater opportunities (book publishing, freelance writing gigs, etc) if they recognize the opportunities.
There needs to be more experienced voices in zines---so many people keep re-inventing the wheel, making the same mistakes when it comes to practical matters, things which are completely avoidable if there's a teeny bit of knowledge shared...what the newer people doing zines don't realize is that their work could lead to greater opportunities (book publishing, freelance writing gigs, etc) if they recognize the opportunities. My zines (all comics so far)…tag:wemakezines.ning.com,2011-06-13:2288844:Comment:2319332011-06-13T02:06:02.765ZColin Tedfordhttp://wemakezines.ning.com/profile/ColinTedford
My zines (all comics so far) haven't changed radically over the years, just general improvement and focus. The anthologies I co-edit changed a few years ago to have a more community-minded focus, which has felt really good. All my pieces for those anthologies since then have been non-fiction/essay comics. I've been wanting to put more of that sort of thing in my own zine, but haven't much beyond reprinting some strips I did for a paper because it's more work. I'm focusing my energy on it now,…
My zines (all comics so far) haven't changed radically over the years, just general improvement and focus. The anthologies I co-edit changed a few years ago to have a more community-minded focus, which has felt really good. All my pieces for those anthologies since then have been non-fiction/essay comics. I've been wanting to put more of that sort of thing in my own zine, but haven't much beyond reprinting some strips I did for a paper because it's more work. I'm focusing my energy on it now, though, and I'll have to figure out over time if that stuff sits well next to the more whimsical stuff. I hope so, because like Alex I like having a single title! I started doing zines when I…tag:wemakezines.ning.com,2011-03-02:2288844:Comment:1853062011-03-02T00:35:51.968ZNecro Neilhttp://wemakezines.ning.com/profile/NecroZine
<p>I started doing zines when I was 15 and did zines about bands I was into. They were quite scrappy looking and thin and alot of it was contributed by other people. As time went on I made zines more for myself rather than other people and thats how I came to do the zine I do now which is Necronomicon, a horror fanzine, but its wrote in a very personal way about every day life whilst watching old horror films from my youth and from my parents back catalouge. I only started it as a project for…</p>
<p>I started doing zines when I was 15 and did zines about bands I was into. They were quite scrappy looking and thin and alot of it was contributed by other people. As time went on I made zines more for myself rather than other people and thats how I came to do the zine I do now which is Necronomicon, a horror fanzine, but its wrote in a very personal way about every day life whilst watching old horror films from my youth and from my parents back catalouge. I only started it as a project for myself but its ended up being a big thing 10 years later! Im really satisfied with it.</p>
<p>I think its a lot laid back compared to the more intense teenage zines about bands I was obsessed with, less embarrasing! And the zine is pretty much written all by myself compared to the band zines.</p>
<p>I can not picture myself not doing a zine now, been doing them for 15 years and half of my life. I think Ill always find something to write about and I just love the whole process of making a zine.</p>
<p>I have a long term partner and am settled down in my life but thats only made me write more, I dont have kids but even if I did I wouldnt stop writing, I would probably get them involved!</p> Oh god yes. My early zines we…tag:wemakezines.ning.com,2010-08-29:2288844:Comment:1514782010-08-29T18:25:11.370ZKurt Morrishttp://wemakezines.ning.com/profile/KurtMorris
Oh god yes. My early zines were HORRIBLE. There was so much talk about god and jesus and christianity (back when I considered myself a christian) and now I just like telling stories with my writing. Things that I think other people will find interesting while at the same time being stories I want to tell.
Oh god yes. My early zines were HORRIBLE. There was so much talk about god and jesus and christianity (back when I considered myself a christian) and now I just like telling stories with my writing. Things that I think other people will find interesting while at the same time being stories I want to tell. is funny because for few week…tag:wemakezines.ning.com,2010-01-23:2288844:Comment:1190092010-01-23T23:41:20.607ZCarlos Palacios Hidalgohttp://wemakezines.ning.com/profile/CarlosPalaciosHidalgo
is funny because for few weeks i found somehow that had the first issue of my zine (released on 96) and i was thinking for myself : oh god how awful it looks hehehehehe but sure my zine change i think as the time pass you change your point of view about some things and your learn also how do things different.i mean would be really sad and boting than after 13 years thins would be the same
is funny because for few weeks i found somehow that had the first issue of my zine (released on 96) and i was thinking for myself : oh god how awful it looks hehehehehe but sure my zine change i think as the time pass you change your point of view about some things and your learn also how do things different.i mean would be really sad and boting than after 13 years thins would be the same yeahtag:wemakezines.ning.com,2009-12-23:2288844:Comment:1129612009-12-23T11:59:12.322ZBradley Aditahttp://wemakezines.ning.com/profile/bradleyadita
yeah
yeah